New Mexico Skies
In April of 2009, My wife and I visited the New Mexico Skies Astronomy Bed and Telescope. I spent 3 wonderful nights imaging under the clear skies of New Mexico. Below are some of the images I took while there. (click on the thumbnails to see the full image)
All of the images were taken using a Meade 16" LX200 telescope with a Santa Barbara Instruments Group (SBIG) ST-2000XCM single shot color imaging camera.
M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy - Colliding galaxies
45 minute exposure
NGC4567 - The Siamese Twins - Colliding Galaxies
1 hour exposure
IC819 - The Mice - Colliding Galaxies
1 hour exposure (probably should have taken another hour of exposure).
This image is a little noisy. The Mice are difficult to image.
NGC4826 - The Blackeye Galaxy - So named because the visible dust lane looks like a black eye.
1 hour exposure